Rug making tool



' July 15, 1941.

H. E. STANTON RUG MAKING TOOL Filed Sept. 2, 1939 1 7. iarziarz/ INVENTOR.

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Patented July 15, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RUG MAKING TOOL Homer E. Stanton, Altus, Okla.

Application September 2, 1939, Serial No. 295,279

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a tool designed primarily for making rugs and similar articles having tufts forming a heavy pile.

An object of the invention is to provide a tool of this character which is simple in construction,

can be used easily, and which, when out through I the looped material thereon following the attachment thereof to a base fabric, will cut through the loops to form a portion of the pile.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawing the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawing Figure 1 is a plan view of the tool in use.

Figure 2 is an enlarged plan view of one end portion of the two members of the tool and showing the arrangement of the blades and guards.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3, Figure 2, a portion of the wrapped cord being shown in elevation.

Figure 4 is a side elevation of one of the guards and adjacent parts.

Figure 5 is a section on line 5-5, Figure 2.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, l designates an elongated, thin, flexible steel bar the sides of which are parallel. To one end of this bar is secured a thin metal strap 2 fastened to the bar at both ends of the strap and cooperating with the strap to form a blade-receiving slot 3 extending throughout the width of the bar and strap. A transverse pin 4 extends across the slot at, that end thereof nearest the center of bar I and constitutes a seat *for one end portion of a blade as hereinafter explained. Secured to the bar I adjacent to the other end portion of the slot is a guard in the form of a wire bent to form an elongated loop 5. The terminals of the wire are provided with eyes 6 which engage opposite sides of the tool and are soldered or otherwise joined thereto. From these eyes the loop is curved laterally away from the bar and thence inwardly toward the bar so as to have an obliquely disposed intermediate portion I. The free end portion of the loop diverges from the bar to form a deflector 8 as shown.

The cutter used in connection with the bar can be an ordinary double-edge safety razor blade split longitudinally along its center. Adjacent to the ends of the cutting edge 9 of the blade section I!) there are formed notches II, and a portion of one end of the blade section provides a tongue l2 which extends away from the cutting edge 9 and the notch II as shown. A similar tongue which would be formed at the other end of the blade section following separation of the blade into two equal parts, can be broken off as indicated at [3.

A blade section [0 is placed in proper position in the tool by inserting one end into the transverse slot 3 until pin 4 becomes seated in one of the notches II. The tongue l2 provided at the other end of the blade section, is then sprung over the adjacent edge of the, blade I so that the bar thus will be supported in an oblique position with its cutting edge adjacent to but spaced from the oblique portion 1 of loop 5.

It is preferred to slightly olfset bar I adjacent to the point where tongue l2 bears thereon and as indicated at [4 so as to facilitate positioning of the tongue [2.

In practice two tools such as herein described are used. These are placed parallel to each other and a cord C is looped therearound in the form of the figure 8. After the loops have been extended about the bar I for the greater portion of the length thereof, the bars, which are moved apart, as shown in Figure 1, permit the crossed portions of the loops to be stitched as at S to a base fabric F. The bars arethen'pulled longitudinally with the cutters arranged'in approximately the same plane. This will cause the loops to be fed successively against the cutting edges of the blades l0. The looping of the cord is then continued until the row of tufts is of the proper length whereupon another row can be started, it

being understood that the loops are stitched in advance of the cutting operation.

Obviously rugs and other pile fabrics can be readily made by means of a tool such as herein described. The fact that ordinary razor blades can be used is of importance because the expense of employing specially prepared blades is thus overcome.

The loops 5 of course serve to protect the user from injury by the cutting edges 9 and also constitute means for insuring proper feeding of the loops to the cutting edges should they be wrapped too loosely about the main bars I.

What is claimed is:

In a tool of the class described the combination with a bar having an overlying portion a portion of which is offset at one edge, of a transverse pin anchored in the bar and its overlapping portion, a flat blade removably seated between and contacting with the bar and its overlapping portion, said blade having a notch in one end in which the pin is seated, and a longitudinal cutting edge, a tongue extending from the other end of the blade and removably lapping the outer side of said offset portion, thereby to receive a part of the overlapping portion between 10 

